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If you can motivate a
dog you can teach
them anything ...finding
out what makes some
dogs tick is a real
challenge.
' Averill Ring
Owner, Mountain View Dog Training
One of their customers, Karen Stinnett of Jeffersonton, said she has been bringing her Border Collie, “Grace-E” to Mountain View since she was rescued as a puppy.
She started in puppy agility and in the beginning had tried to get her dog to follow her hand but she would end up jumping and kissing her instead.
After a year of training almost every week, her dog has reached novice level.
“She’s the best trained dog I've ever had. It’s just so positive. They don’t want you to say ‘no .” said Stinnett. “The dogs are so happy being well behaved.”
Ring explained that at Mountain View they don’t train by making the dog do something and saying sit. “We wait for the dog to sit and then we reinforce it; we reward it,” she said.
She explained that the concept of their training is similar to that of B.F. Skinner who would use reinforcements for rats who would go through mazes.
“Behaviors that are rewarded are repeated,” she continued, “and it works for anything from a cockroach up to a human being. Pay me and I will go to work. It’s positive reinforcement.”
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